That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 12
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News briefsFrench business network Medef appoints a co-President for its Paris 2024 committee
Medef (Mouvement des Entreprises de France), the leading network of entrepreneurs in the country, has appointed Fabien Gilot as co-president of the organization’s committee for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Gilot will join forces with Dominique Carlac’h, who was already at the committee’s helm and will now share responsibilities with him. ...
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News briefsPuma appoints new GM for Japanese business
Source: Puma Ryokusai Inoue Puma has appointed Ryokusai Inoue as the new General Manager of Puma Japan with immediate effect. He will report directly to Germany-based Puma CEO Arne Freundt. Inoue joined the company in 2015 as Director of Retail. In this position, he shaped the success ...
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News briefsChanges at the helm of The Lycra Company
Source: The Lycra Company Gary Smith The Lycra Company announces that it has appointed Gary Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 27, 2023. Smith will succeed Dean Williams, who has served as acting CEO since August. Williams will retain his role as Chief Financial Officer and ...
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News briefsFusalp’s CEO resigns from the role, remains involved with the brand
Alexandre Fauvet, who has served as the chief executive of French sports apparel brand Fusalp for nearly ten years, is leaving the role. He will continue to be involved with the brand as a strategic committee member and minority shareholder. Fauvet was appointed Fusalp’s chief executive in 2014 when Philippe ...
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News briefsActive Brands promotes Øystein Bråta to new CEO
Source: Active Brands via Norsk Sportsbransjeforening Øystein Bråta Active Brands, the parent company of brands such as Kari Traa, Sweet Protection, Dæhlie, Johaug and Bula, has promoted Øystein Bråta to the role of CEO. He succeeds Christophe Merkel, who has been appointed Chairman of the Board after ...
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ArticleThree new independent directors for HanesBrands
HanesBrands has appointed three new independent directors to its Board of Directors. Colin Browne, Natasha Chand and John Mehas will take on the new roles, effective immediately. With these appointments, the company’s board will temporarily expand to 13 directors before returning to 10 directors effective at the 2024 annual meeting ...
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News briefsColumbia Sportswear has new President for Sorel brand
Columbia Sportswear Company has announced a new President for its Sorel brand. Cory Long will be joining the company in December 2023. Source: Columbia Sportswear Cory Long, new President of Sorel Long is a veteran of the footwear and apparel industry, most recently serving as Global ...
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News briefsKMD Brands announces interim CFO solution
Further to the announcement on July 7, 2023 of Chris Kinraid’s resignation as Group Chief Financial Officer, KMD Brands, the New Zealand parent of Oboz, Kathmandu and Rip Curl, has confirmed that Kinraid’s last day with KMD Brands will be Dec 8, 2023. While KMD Brands continues to recruit for ...
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News briefsFamiliar face returns as International Brand President of K-Swiss
Barney Waters is returning to K-Swiss as its new International Brand President. Waters was the former Brand President of K-Swiss from Jan. 2016–July 2021, and served as Chief Marketing Officer prior to that. Waters is returning to K-Swiss after serving as president of Garrett Leight California Optical from July 2021 ...
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News briefsNapapijri appoints Christopher Ræburn as Creative Director
Napapijri has appointed British fashion designer Christopher Ræburn as Global Creative Director. In this role, Ræburn will be responsible for making the brand more design-oriented and even more sophisticated, as well as placing great emphasis on responsible materials and innovation. The British designer became Artistic Director at the Swiss company ...
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ArticleNike Inc. makes executive changes to help "reimagine sport for the next generation of athletes"
Nike Inc. announced on Nov. 14 leadership changes that “will continue to build on its strong momentum and deep commitment to serving athletes with product innovation, design excellence, and powerful storytelling while imagining the future of sport and serving consumers at speed and scale.” Reorganization of innovation and design teams ...
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News briefsGoPro hires SVP of Engineering
GoPro has appointed Vince Nakayama as Senior Vice President of Engineering, effective immediately. Nakayama will provide strategic leadership for GoPro’s entire engineering organization, including hardware, software and cloud. He has extensive experience in creating value at the intersection of hardware, software and user experience, most recently as Vice President of ...
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ArticleSweet Protection and Kari Traa are realigning in Central Europe
The Norwegian sportswear and equipment company Active Brands is realigning its activities in Central Europe. The focus is on the two main brands Sweet Protection and Kari Traa in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) market. The aim of Active Brands’ reorganization is to offer existing and new retail partners ...
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ArticleElevate Outdoor Collective fills further key positions
Elevate Outdoor Collective (EOC) announced some new additions and changes to its team around the group’s 12 brands (K2 Skis, K2 Snowboarding, Marker, Dalbello, Völkl, Ride Snowboards, Line Skis, BCA, Atlas Snow Shoe Co, Tubbs Snowshoes, Madshus and K2 Skates). The first set of staff changes have been made in ...
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News briefsNike reportedly brings in Amazon Fashion President as CTO
Nike has appointed Muge Erdirik Dogan as its new Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg reports, referring to an internal email. Dogan spent 16 years at Amazon, where she held various positions in different consumer categories and the delivery business before becoming President of Amazon Fashion and Fitness in 2021. Amazon announced ...
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News briefsSigna Holding: Benko steps down, hands over chairmanship to restructuring expert
As the company announced on Nov. 8, 2023, Austrian real estate investor René Benko has stepped down as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Signa Holding and handed over the chairmanship to Arndt Geiwitz. The German restructuring specialist is also taking over the chairmanship of Signa’s shareholders’ committee, as reported ...
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News briefsXponential Fitness appoints President of International, scores global multi-brand deals
Xponential Fitness, Inc. a global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, announced several milestones in the company’s international expansion initiatives. In the first instance, Bob Kaufman was named President of International to lead Xponential’s international expansion plans for all of its brands. Kaufman has more than 25 years of industry experience ...
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News briefsMacron hires new Chief Communications Officer from Ducati
Source: Macron Angelo Marino Italian teamwear brand Macron has announced the appointment of Angelo Marino as its new Chief Communications Officer. Most recently, Marino served as Global Head of Brand and Corporate Communications at Ducati, where he was also part of the team behind the global relaunch ...
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News briefsAltra Running has a new Director of Merchandising
Colorado-based Altra Running, founded in 2009 and part of VF Corp.’s portfolio since 2018, appointed Samantha Terral as Director of Merchandising. Most recently, Terral served as Digital/E-commerce Manager at Saucony. Prior to that, she worked at JackRabbit, formerly Running Specialty Group, for more than five years, serving also as VP ...
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News briefsCanada Goose announces new executive appointments for spring 2024
Canada Goose Holdings Inc. announced that Neil Bowden, currently deputy chief financial officer, has been appointed CFO. He will replace Jonathan Sinclair, who in turn has been appointed President APAC. Both changes will be effective April 1, 2024. Bowden currently leads Canada Goose’s global finance team and has been with ...
